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Science NEWS: October 2014
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Notable events, developements and publications in science and technology this week. Updated daily. Wednesday, October 22, 2014. A GLIMMER OF HOPE? Brazil protects giant swathe of Amazon rainforest. Tuesday, October 21 2104. SAO PAULO (Reuters) – The Brazilian government said on Tuesday it has put an environmentally rich area of the Amazon rainforest under federal protection, creating a reserve larger than the U.S. state of Delaware. Amazon deforestation went up in Brazil last year for the first time sinc...
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Science NEWS: January 2013
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Notable events, developements and publications in science and technology this week. Updated daily. Thursday, January 3, 2013. Bilingual brain boost: Two tongues, two minds. WHEN I was just a newborn baby, my mother gazed down at me in her hospital bed and did something that was to permanently change the way my brain developed. Something that would make me better at learning, multitasking and solving problems. Eventually, it might even protect my brain against the ravages of old age. Her trick? In part, t...